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@Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:38:48 -0700
Subject: Re: iBoot & TCP/IP Control Protocol->UDP Messages
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In , on 09/21/03 
   at 04:05 PM, "Randy Fowler"  said:

>Since you mentioned price, this was the least expensive device I could
>find  that will allow me to remotely power cycle Wireless Access Points
>that I have  installed in 9 different locations.

I didn't mean to imply the price was unreasonable.  The unit will switch a
reasonable amount of power and does have more than a few useful features. 
I was just surprised that it did not have better security features.  You
might ask the vendor what they intend to do to address this.

>It is rare that I have to power cycle them, but when I do, some are as
>far  away as 6 hours round trip!

That pretty much takes care of the ROI.

>tried it at home  and I'm not real impressed with its reliability and
>accuracy.  I would expect  X-10 to be worse in commercial locations like
>my locations. 

I would discuss these issues with with Armin of Lone Peak Automation. 
He's got a lot of experience with this equipment.

Inside the firewall you could use local devices connected to a serial
interface However, my experience is that they are priced similarly to the
iBoot boxes.  None of these kinds of boxes are commodities, so the prices
are going to be commercial level.

Given that you can keep the iBoot box inside the firewall and control it
from the local OS/2 box, your only real issue is realibility of the box
itself.

Steven

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